Gabès Governorate
{{short description|Governorate of Tunisia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gabès
| native_name = ڨابس
| native_name_lang = aeb
| other_name = Gabis
| type = Governorate
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| image_shield = Logo Governorate Gabes.svg
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| image_map = Gabes in Tunisia.svg
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Map of Tunisia with Gabès highlighted
| image_map1 = Tunisie Gouvernorat de Gabes.svg
| map_caption1 = Subdivisions of Gabès Governorate
| coordinates = {{coord|33|53|N|10|07|E|region:TN_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{TUN}}
| established_title = Created
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Gabès
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| leader_title = Governor
| leader_name = Vacant
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 7166
| area_rank = Ranked 8th of 24
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| population_total = 374300
| population_as_of = 2014
| population_rank = Ranked 16th of 24
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Gabesian
({{langx|ar|قابسي, Gabsi}})
| population_note =
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +01
| postal_code_type = Postal prefix
| postal_code = 60xx
| area_code_type = Calling code
| area_code = 75-2/75-3
| iso_code = TN-81
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Gabès Governorate ({{Langx|aeb|ولاية ڨابس}} {{transl|aeb|Wilāyat Gābis}}; {{langx|fr|Gouvernorat de Gabès}}) is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia and in south-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 7166 km2 and had a population of 374,300 as at the 2014 census.{{cite web|url=http://tunisia.opendataforafrica.org/TNCD2014/tunisia-census-data-population-2014?region=1000000-tunisia |title=2014 Tunisian census data |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094332/http://tunisia.opendataforafrica.org/TNCD2014/tunisia-census-data-population-2014?region=1000000-tunisia |archive-date=2015-05-18 }}{{in lang|fr}} [http://rgph2014.ins.tn/fr/resultats Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029170649/http://rgph2014.ins.tn/fr/resultats |date=2014-10-29 }} The capital is Gabès.
Geography
The governorate of Gabès is in southeast Tunisia on the coast of the Gulf of Gabès, 376 km south of the capital, Tunis.
Gabès has a hot Mediterranean climate. Gabès offers five contrasting landscapes: the beach, the mountains, the desert, small forest, oasis. It contains the eastern end of Chott el Fejej.
The coast is approximately half of that of the large bay. The gulf has several alternative names dating to antiquity and to an etymological association with onshore winds and sandbanks making navigation difficult, including Lesser Syrtis (see Gulf of Sidra which takes in also the mainly Libyan portion of the continental gulf).
Administrative divisions
Administratively, the governorate is divided into thirteen{{cite web|title=أمر حكومي عدد 367 لسنة 2020 مؤرخ في 16 جوان 2020 يتعلق بإحداث معتمديات بولايات سيدي بوزيد وقابس والمهدية وبتنقيح الأمر عدد 543 لسنة 1996 المؤرخ في أول أفريل 1996 المتعلق بضبط عدد وتسمية معتمديات ولايات الجمهورية.
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205103007/http://www.dernierjort.tn/2020/06/367-2020-16-2020-543-1996-1996.html}} delegations (mutamadiyat), sixteen municipalities, nine rural councils, and 73 sectors (imadas). The delegations and their populations from the 2004 and 2014 censuses, are listed below:
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! Population in 2004 ! Population in 2014 | ||
| Gabès Medina | {{formatnum:47057}} | {{formatnum:46731}} |
| Gabès Ouest | {{formatnum:28389}} | {{formatnum:31768}} |
| Gabès Sud | {{formatnum:61699}} | {{formatnum:74422}} |
| Ghannouch | {{formatnum:22681}} | {{formatnum:28051}} |
| El Metouia | {{formatnum:12115}} | {{formatnum:12507}} |
| Oudhref | {{formatnum:13747}} | {{formatnum:15371}} |
| Menzel El Habib | {{formatnum:11477}} | {{formatnum:10148}} |
| El Hamma | {{formatnum:45564}} | {{formatnum:54192}} |
| Habib Thameur Bouatouch | {{formatnum:16826}} | {{formatnum:19320}} |
| Matmata | {{formatnum:5766}} | {{formatnum:4444}} |
| Nouvelle Matmata | {{formatnum:15969}} | {{formatnum:14224}} |
| Mareth | {{formatnum:51796}} | {{formatnum:52845}} |
| Dkhilet Toujane | {{formatnum:9544}} | {{formatnum:10277}} |
There are sixteen municipalities in the Gabès Governorate:
{{#section:Template:Table of Tunisian municipalities|gabes}}
Tourism
Matmata is a Berber-speaking town largely of underground homes conserved with a community-based pre-industrialized lifestyle. The south-centre of the Wilāyat has semi-desert mountains and natural features nearby include splendid oases and caves. Eclectic souqs feature in the main municipalities, with traditional wood, stone, metal and textile products.
Economy
The economy of the governorate is based, like all governorates that open onto the Mediterranean, on agriculture and fishing. The governorate is one of the richest fishing areas in Tunisia.
In the industrial field , the governorate is home to a center concentrating in particular chemical industries (processing of phosphate with the production of phosphoric acid , diammonium phosphateand dicalcium phosphate ) and agri-food . Its trade is carried out in particular thanks to the port which has eleven quays and twenty berths. In 2000, its traffic was estimated at 4,000,000 tonnes. Manufacturing industries employed 41.5% of the active population, the tertiary sector 35.5% and the agricultural sector 23%.
There are three industrial zones: Gabès, Métouia-El Aouinet and El Hamma.
Politics
= Governors =
A list of Governoros since the independence:
- Habib Ben Mohamed Lahbib (1956-1958)
- Mohamed Bellamine (1958-1959)
- Youssef Jedaï (1959-1961)
- Ahmed Bellalouna (1961-1967)
- Zakaria Ben Mustapha (1967-1969)
- Hédi Baccouche(1969-1970)
- Rachid Badri (1970-1973)
- Abdelhamid Melki (1973)
- Ameur Ghedira (1973-1974)
- Abderrahim Zouari (1974-1978)
- Abderrazak Yazid (1978-1979)
- Mohamed Jegham (1979-1980)
- Ahmed Ben Jemiaâ (1980-1983)
- Mohamed Habib Gharbi (1983-1984)
- Abdelhak Lassoued (1984-1986)
- Mohamed Essid (1986-1988)
- Naceur El Gharbi (1988-1990)
- Moncef Louati (1990-1993)
- Slaheddine El Abed (1993-1996)
- Hassène Smaoui (1996-1998)
- Ali Trabelsi (1998-2000)
- Sadok Marzouk (2000-2002)
- Kamel Ben Ali (2002-2005)
- Brahim Briki (2005-July 2006)
- Abdelkrim Mosbah (2006-2009)
- Mokdad Missaoui (2009-2011)
- Chokri Necib (2011)
- Moncef Khemiri (2011)
- Mondher Yedas (2011-2012)
- Omar Chahbani (2012)
- Houcine Jrad (2012{{Cite web |date=2012-10-31 |title=Un nouveau gouverneur a Gabes |url=https://www.businessnews.com.tn/article,520,34289,1 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=businessnews.com.tn}}-2015)
- Nabil Zarrouk (2015{{Cite web |title=Nomination de six nouveaux gouverneurs |url=https://lapresse.tn/10042015/98406/nomination-de-six-nouveaux-gouverneurs.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606011848/https://lapresse.tn/10042015/98406/nomination-de-six-nouveaux-gouverneurs.html |archive-date=2015-06-06 |website=La Presse de Tunisie}})
- Ahmed Lamine Lansari (2015[http://www.mosaiquefm.net/fr/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/56376-nomination-de-nouveaux-gouverneurs-par-habib-essid Nomination de nouveaux gouverneurs par Habib Essid], ([https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mosaiquefm.net%2Ffr%2Findex%2Fa%2FActuDetail%2FElement%2F56376-nomination-de-nouveaux-gouverneurs-par-habib-essid Archived]) Mosaïque FM, 22 October 2015-2016)
- Mongi Thameur (2016{{Cite web |title=Nomination de 12 nouveaux gouverneurs, dont une femme ! |url=https://www.businessnews.com.tn/Nomination-de-12-nouveaux-gouverneurs,-dont-une-femme-!,520,67036,3 |url-status=dead |website=businessnews.com.tn}}-October 2021{{Cite web |title=الرئيس التونسي ينهي مهام والي قابس |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3/2386103 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=www.aa.com.tr}})
- Mosbah Kardamin (June 2022-2023{{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=Tunisia's President Kais Saied dismisses Gabes governor |url=https://en.hespress.com/61342-tunisias-president-kais-saied-dismisses-gabes-governor.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=HESPRESS English - Morocco News |language=en-US}})
= Mayors =
As of May 2018:
- Chenini Nahal: Abdelwahed Kabaou{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-06-26 |title=Tunisie - Municipales 2018 : Poursuite de l'installation des nouveaux Conseils municipaux {{!}} Directinfo |url=https://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2018/06/26/tunisie-municipales-2018-poursuite-de-linstallation-des-nouveaux-conseils-municipaux/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |language=fr-FR}}
- El Hamma Nassef Najeh{{Cite web |title=Municipales 2018 : L'heure à l'installation des Conseils municipaux |url=http://www.radioexpressfm.com/lire/municipales-2018-l-heure-a-l-installation-des-conseils-municipaux-5397 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709153212/http://www.radioexpressfm.com/lire/municipales-2018-l-heure-a-l-installation-des-conseils-municipaux-5397 |archive-date=2018-07-09 |website=radioexpressfm.com}}
- Gabès: Habib Dhaouadi{{Cite web |date=2018-06-21 |title=انتخاب السيد الحبيب الذوادي رئيسا لبلدية قابس |url=http://www.radiotataouine.tn/%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a-%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a7-%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%84/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=إذاعة تطاوين |language=ar-TN}}
- Ghannouch: Boulbeba Aleïa
- Mareth: Hédi Chaïr{{Cite web |date=2018-06-26 |title=Tunisie - Municipales 2018 : Des nouveaux Conseils municipaux installés {{!}} Directinfo |url=https://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2018/06/26/tunisie-municipales-2018-des-nouveaux-conseils-municipaux-installes/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |language=fr-FR}}
- Menzel El Habib: Bornia Ajamni{{Cite web |title=Régions-Municipales 2018 : Poursuite de l'élection des nouveaux maires |url=https://www.tap.info.tn/fr/Elections-Municipales-2018/10334655-régions-municipales}}
- Matmata Aymen Chaabane
- Métouia: Insaf Salem{{Cite web |title=محضر التنصيب لجلسة سد شغور لرئاسة المجلس |url=http://www.commune-metouia.gov.tn/2019/08/محضر-التنصيب-لجلسة-سد-شغور-لرئاسة-المج/ |website=commune-metouia.gov.tn}}
- Nouvelle Matmata: Youssef Kayel{{Cite web |title=Un indépendant à la tête de la municipalité de Nouvelle Matmata |url=https://www.businessnews.com.tn/article,520,80915,3}}
- Oudhref: Doukali Bezouia
- Zarat: Abdeslam Dahmani
References
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